I set a personal record in May for the most reading I’ve done since I’ve kept my list. I managed to read about 5,500 pages spread over 14 books. Here are the books I read in May (bold titles are recommended):
- The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe
- In The Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives by Steven Levy
- Letters to a Young Scientist by Edward O. Wilson
- Brave Companions: Portraits in History by David McCullough
- The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World by Simon Winchester
- The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of the Lost World by Steve Brusatte
- Factfulness: Ten Reasons Why We’re Wrong About the World—And Why Things Are Better Than You Think by Hans Rosling
- Titan: The Life of John D. Rockerfeller, Sr. by Ron Chernow
- The Sweet Science by A. J. Liebling
- The Outsider by Stephen King
- Irons in the Fire by John McPhee
- Pet Sematary by Stephen King
- The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
- The Spooky Art: Thoughts on Writing by Norman Mailer
I think the book that most surprised me was The Sweet Science by A. J. Liebling. Going into it, I knew it was a book of essays Liebling had written on boxing, but I had no idea how good it would turn out to be.
Through the end of May, I’ve now read 50 books in 2018. The most I’ve previous read is 58 books, and that was for all of 2017. So 2018 is turning into a breakout year in terms of how much I am reading, and I am happy about that.
What did you read in May?
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I started listening to audiobooks last week. I’ve been considering it for a while, ever since I found your blog a few months ago. So far, I’m loving not only the experience itself but also the fact that I’m “reading” more. And, since english is not my natural language, it’s helping me with my listening skills.
I really thought the Rise and Fall of Dinosaurs would be written by Dr Ross Geller. So disappointed 😞